Polycarp to the Philippians XIV

These things I have written to you by Crescens, whom up to the present time I have recommended unto you, and do now recommend. For he has acted blamelessly among us, and I believe also among you. Moreover, ye will hold his sister in esteem when she comes to you. Be ye safe in the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace be with you all. Amen. Footnote 316: The title of this epistle in most of the MSS. is, “The Epistle of St Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, and holy martyr, to the Philippians.” Footnote 317: Or, “Polycarp, and those who with him are presbyters.” Footnote 318: Literally, “ye have received the patterns of true love.” Footnote 319: Phil. i. 5. Footnote 320: Acts ii. 24. Literally, “having loosed the pains of Hades.” Footnote 321: 1 Pet. i. 8. Footnote 322: Eph. ii. 8, 9. Footnote 323: Comp. 1 Pet. i. 13; Eph. vi. 14. Footnote 324: Ps. ii. 11. Footnote 325: 1 Pet. i. 21. Footnote 326: Comp. 1 Pet. iii. 22; Phil. ii. 10. Footnote 327: Comp. Acts xvii. 31. Footnote 328: Or, “who do not obey Him.” Footnote 329: Comp. 1 Cor. vi. 14; 2 Cor. iv. 14; Rom. viii. 11. Footnote 330: 1 Pet. iii. 9. Footnote 331: Matt. vii. 1. Footnote 332: Matt. vi. 12, 14; Luke vi. 37. Footnote 333: Luke vi. 36. Footnote 334: Matt. vii. 2; Luke vi. 38. Footnote 335: Matt. v. 3, 10; Luke vi. 20. Footnote 336: Comp. 2 Pet. iii. 15. Footnote 337: The form is plural, but one epistle is probably meant. Footnote 338: Comp. Gal. iv. 26. Footnote 339: 1 Tim. vi. 10. Footnote 340: 1 Tim. vi. 7. Footnote 341: Comp. Eph. vi. 11. Footnote 342: Comp. 1 Thess. v. 17. Footnote 343: Some here read, “altars.” Footnote 344: Gal. vi. 7. Footnote 345: Some read, “God in Christ.” Footnote 346: Comp. 1 Tim. iii. 8. Footnote 347: Comp. Matt. xx. 28. Footnote 348: Πολιτευσώμεθα, referring to the whole conduct; comp. Phil. i. 27. Footnote 349: 2 Tim. ii. 12. Footnote 350: Some read, ἀνακύπτεσθαι, “to emerge from.” Footnote 351: 1 Pet. ii. 11. Footnote 352: 1 Cor. vi. 9, 10. Footnote 353: Rom. xii. 17; 2 Cor. viii. 31. Footnote 354: Matt. vi. 12-14. Footnote 355: Rom. xiv. 10-12; 2 Cor. v. 10. Footnote 356: 1 John iv. 3. Footnote 357: Literally, “the martyrdom of the cross,” which some render, “His suffering on the cross.” Footnote 358: Comp. Jude 3. Footnote 359: 1 Pet. iv. 7. Footnote 360: Matt. vi. 13, xxvi. 41. Footnote 361: Matt. xxvi. 41; Mark xiv. 38. Footnote 362: 1 Pet. ii. 24. Footnote 363: 1 Pet. ii. 22. Footnote 364: Comp. 1 John iv. 9. Footnote 365: Comp. Acts v. 41; 1 Pet. iv. 16. Footnote 366: Some read, “we glorify Him.” Footnote 367: Comp. 1 Pet. ii. 21. Footnote 368: Comp. Phil. ii. 16; Gal. ii. 2. Footnote 369: This and the two following chapters are preserved only in a Latin version. Footnote 370: Comp. 1 Pet. ii. 17. Footnote 371: Tobit iv. 10, xii. 9. Footnote 372: Comp. 1 Pet. v. 5. Footnote 373: 1 Pet. ii. 12. Footnote 374: Isa. lii. 5. Footnote 375: Some think that _incontinence_ on the part of Valens and his wife is referred to. Footnote 376: 1 Thess. v. 22. Footnote 377: 1 Cor. vi. 2. Footnote 378: Some read, “named;” comp. Phil. i. 5. Footnote 379: 2 Thess. iii. 15. Footnote 380: Comp. 1 Cor. xii. 26. Footnote 381: This passage is very obscure. Some render it as follows: “But at present it is not granted unto me to practise that which is written, Be ye angry,” etc. Footnote 382: Ps. iv. 5. Footnote 383: Eph. iv. 26. Footnote 384: Some read, “believes.” Footnote 385: Gal. i. 1. Footnote 386: Comp. 1 Tim. ii. 2. Footnote 387: Matt. v. 44. Footnote 388: Comp. Ep. of Ignatius to Polycarp, chap. viii. Footnote 389: Or, “letters.” Footnote 390: Reference is here made to the two letters of Ignatius, one to Polycarp himself, and the other to the church at Smyrna. Footnote 391: Henceforth, to the end, we have only the Latin version. Footnote 392: The Latin version reads “ar…